Plant Description:

• Highly branched plant growing up to 60 cm tall
• Leaves are long and sword-shaped
• Greenish-brown flowers are in dense clusters along the stem
• Occurs in wet areas, usually in salty soil conditions
• Can cause skin irritation and should not be eaten as it will irritate the kidneys
• The leaves contain a poisonous acid
• Found Stops 1, 3, and 8

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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